Lloyds-tsb Division 5 News

22 September 2003 11:18am

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Division 5.

Unbeaten clubs - (East) Bettws, Trinant, Gwernyfed and Machen. (West) Furnace and Crymych. (South-East) Llandaff, Llantwit Major and Cilfynydd. (South-West) Resolven, Pontardawe and Crynant. (North) Colwyn Bay, Welshpool and Machynlleth. Colwyn Bay are bidding to return to the top northern division and their win over Llanidloes by 39-3 is a big step with wing Ben Coxon back after a spell college and notching

three tries. Nantyglo were excited by their 35-3 success over Usk with 32 points coming in the second half. Blaenavon opened their account with a 22-20 victory over St Albans; Trinant won 18-13 at Oakdale. while Bettws were 36-17 victors at RTB (Ebbw Vale). Llandaff and LLantwit Major are setting the pace in South East. Llandaff won a Cardiff derby by beating Rhiwbina 16-11, while Llantwit Major won 29-17 against Ogmore Vale. At the other end of the table, Ferndale slipped to their third defeat when South Wales Police's fast young backs racked up a 43-8 success and Cilfynydd continued their good form with a 29-7 win at Bridgend Sports. Llangwm claimed their first point of the season in a 9-9 draw with visitors Aberaeron, while Furnace beat St David's 29-17 and Crymych brushed off Pembroke by 25-10.

In South West, Pontardawe beat Neath Athletic 40-9, and there were victories for Resolven, 32-11 home to BP Llandarcy, and Crynant by 26-6 over Cwmgwrach.

WRU International Skills Coach Jason Strange is a busy man, combining the new role with that of Wales Under 20 attack coach, Ebbw Vale head coach and continuing to teach at Ebbw Fawr Learning Community.

Warren Gatland and Sam Warburton look ahead to this week's crunch RBS 6 Nations tie against France, where the Wales skipper in particular is keen to make his mark, as Paris has proved a bleak place for him in the past.

Following their historic win over England, Wales Under 20 suffered a narrow, 36-34 loss to their Scottish counterparts last weekend, despite outscoring them by five tries to three. Watch the match highlights and reaction.

WRU TV go behind the scenes with the Wales squad as they put the final touches in place ahead of the clash against Scotland at Murrayfield. Follow the squad on their captain's run, the kickers visit to Murrayfield and Neil Jenkins' press conference